This was the first fully confirmed case of a reticulated python killing and consuming an adult human, as the process of retrieving the body from the python's stomach was documented by pictures and videos taken by witnesses.
On June 14, 2018, a 54-year-old woman named Wa Tiba, also of Sulawesi, was eaten by a reticulated python that had slithered into her garden at her home.
The BBC will broadcast a series of programmes celebrating Eurovision on Saturday - the night this year's song contest was due to take place.
The 2020 contest was cancelled in March amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Graham Norton and Rylan Clark-Neal will instead host programmes which celebrate Eurovision's 64-year history.
The BBC will also join other European broadcasters to honour all the 41 songs which would have competed this year.
Education Secretary says pupils should return to school in June | UK death toll nears 34,500 | 'UK now in position to move to level three of alert system'
Oldham Athletic: How Joe Royle's 'people's champions' came close to a treble, but ended up with nothing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52651494
Gerald Rafferty (16 April 1947 – 4 January 2011) was a Scottish rock singer-songwriter. His solo hits in the late 1970s included "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line" and "Night Owl", as well as "Stuck in the Middle with You", which was recorded with the band Stealers Wheel in 1973.
Rafferty was born into a working-class family in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. His mother taught him both Irish and Scottish folk songs when he was a boy; later, he was influenced by the music of The Beatles and Bob Dylan. He joined the folk-pop group The Humblebums in 1969. After they disbanded in 1971, he recorded his first solo album, Can I Have My Money Back? Rafferty and Joe Egan formed the group Stealers Wheel in 1972 and produced several hits, most notably "Stuck in the Middle with You" and "Star". In 1978, he recorded his second solo album, City to City, which included "Baker Street", his most popular song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcHyyuGjuk0
Abba's Waterloo has been named as the greatest Eurovision song of all time by BBC viewers.
Eurovision: Come Together saw the public vote for their favourites, on the night this year's song contest was due to take place.
The 2020 competition was cancelled in March amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Swedish foursome won it in 1974 in Brighton. The track, which topped the UK charts and set them on their way to fame, went on to sell nearly 6m copies.
On Friday, the corporation announced the shortlist for the programme would include Eurovision classics from Verka Serduchka, Loreen, Alexander Rybak, and Netta, as well as Bucks Fizz, Conchita Wurst and adopted-Brit, Gina G.
But it was the Agnetha, Anni-Frid, Benny and Bjorn who ultimately triumphed, with their musical metaphor about the joys of surrendering to love.
Peter James Armitage MBE (23 October 1939 – 30 November 2018) was an English television and stage actor best known for his role as Bill Webster on long-running soap opera Coronation Street. He was a regular on British screens from the 1970s onwards.
People have returned to beauty spots in a "manageable" way on the first weekend after lockdown rules in England eased.
The public was urged to "think twice" before heading to beaches and country parks as councils feared a surge in visitors could result in a rise in coronavirus infections.
Peak District bosses said one area was "extremely busy" but the National Trust said people were being "sensible".
In London, hundreds of people gathered to protest against the lockdown.
NFL players Deandre Baker and Quinton Dunbar turned themselves in to police after being charged with armed robbery in Florida.
New York Giants' cornerback Baker, aged 22, who is also charged with aggravated assault, surrendered on Saturday morning, his lawyer said.
Dunbar, a 27-year-old Seattle Seahawks cornerback, later also turned himself in, Miramar Police confirmed.
Coronavirus: 'I’m scared of being buried as the wrong gender'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52690931
Boris Johnson has acknowledged frustration over the "complex" easing of England's coronavirus lockdown.
The PM wrote in the Mail on Sunday that more complicated messages were needed during the next phase of the response and as restrictions changed.
But Mr Johnson said he trusted the "good sense of the British people" to observe the new rules and thanked the public for "sticking with us" so far.
It came as No 10 announced up to £93m to speed-up a new vaccine research lab.
The 2000 Football League First Division play-off final was an association football match played at Wembley Stadium on 29 May 2000, to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the First Division to the Premiership in the 1999–2000 season. Ipswich Town faced Barnsley in the last domestic competitive fixture to be played at the original Wembley Stadium.
The match was both team's first appearance in a First Division play-off final. It was the first time Barnsley had been in the play-offs, having been relegated to the First Division after the 1997–98 season, and finishing mid-table the following season. Ipswich made the play-offs for the fourth consecutive season, but this was the first time they had advanced further than the semi-finals. Watched by a crowd of more than 73,000, Ipswich Town came from behind to win 4–2 and secured promotion to the Premiership.
The following season, Ipswich finished fifth in the 2000–01 FA Premier League, qualifying for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup, and went out of the 2000–01 Football League Cup at the semi-final stage. George Burley was recognised as the Premier League Manager of the Season, the first recipient of the award for 26 years who had not won the league. Barnsley ended their subsequent season 16th in the First Division.
Friends Provident was an organisation offering life insurance based in the United Kingdom. It was founded as a mutual Friendly Society for Quakers, although it was demutualised in 2001 and became a publicly listed company, no longer linked with the Religious Society of Friends. On 29 March 2011 Friends Provident changed its trading name to Friends Life, although its registered name remains as Friends Provident.
In 2018, it merged into its parent company Aviva. It is now part of the Aviva group.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql1QIqS_pq0
Former Manchester United and Scotland midfielder Darren Fletcher says he would be hesitant about returning to football during the current pandemic because of his high-risk condition.
The 36-year-old was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2011.
Fletcher, who left Stoke City at the end of last season, says he would be particularly vulnerable to the virus.
"With my illness I would be one of those players that is a high risk," he told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound.
"I'd be very concerned about that, but at the same time I love playing."
Vincent Kompany says Manchester United "threw away" the title in 2012, giving up an eight-point lead, as his Manchester City side team won their first of four Premier League titles through Sergio Aguero's dramatic stoppage-time winner against QPR on the final day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7drvhZwPcs
Tributes have been paid to Ann Mitchell - one of the last of a World War Two code-breaking team at Bletchley Park - who has died aged 97.
Mrs Mitchell, who deciphered German codes at the British code-breaking centre from 1943, died at an Edinburgh care home on Monday.
Her family and friends said she had been declining in health for some years and had "a life well lived".
The Scotsman reported she had tested positive for Covid-19 recently.
Her son Andy Mitchell, 61, told BBC Scotland: "She was a loving mother and it's very sad but she was declining in old age with memory loss and physical frailties.
"I'm pleased she has been given the recognition for a life well lived."
Coordinates: 45.578567°N 79.632553°W Spence is a ghost town in the Canadian province of Ontario, at the crossroads of the Nipissing Colonization Road and the Ryerson Road (now Nelson Lake Road). The name of the village came from Spence Township, named for former Postmaster General, Robert Spence. Approximately 10 km north of Dufferin Bridge it was a small farming community.
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posted on 16/5/20
This was the first fully confirmed case of a reticulated python killing and consuming an adult human, as the process of retrieving the body from the python's stomach was documented by pictures and videos taken by witnesses.
posted on 16/5/20
On June 14, 2018, a 54-year-old woman named Wa Tiba, also of Sulawesi, was eaten by a reticulated python that had slithered into her garden at her home.
posted on 16/5/20
The BBC will broadcast a series of programmes celebrating Eurovision on Saturday - the night this year's song contest was due to take place.
The 2020 contest was cancelled in March amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Graham Norton and Rylan Clark-Neal will instead host programmes which celebrate Eurovision's 64-year history.
The BBC will also join other European broadcasters to honour all the 41 songs which would have competed this year.
posted on 16/5/20
Education Secretary says pupils should return to school in June | UK death toll nears 34,500 | 'UK now in position to move to level three of alert system'
posted on 16/5/20
Oldham Athletic: How Joe Royle's 'people's champions' came close to a treble, but ended up with nothing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52651494
posted on 16/5/20
Gerald Rafferty (16 April 1947 – 4 January 2011) was a Scottish rock singer-songwriter. His solo hits in the late 1970s included "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line" and "Night Owl", as well as "Stuck in the Middle with You", which was recorded with the band Stealers Wheel in 1973.
posted on 16/5/20
Rafferty was born into a working-class family in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. His mother taught him both Irish and Scottish folk songs when he was a boy; later, he was influenced by the music of The Beatles and Bob Dylan. He joined the folk-pop group The Humblebums in 1969. After they disbanded in 1971, he recorded his first solo album, Can I Have My Money Back? Rafferty and Joe Egan formed the group Stealers Wheel in 1972 and produced several hits, most notably "Stuck in the Middle with You" and "Star". In 1978, he recorded his second solo album, City to City, which included "Baker Street", his most popular song.
posted on 16/5/20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcHyyuGjuk0
posted on 16/5/20
Abba's Waterloo has been named as the greatest Eurovision song of all time by BBC viewers.
Eurovision: Come Together saw the public vote for their favourites, on the night this year's song contest was due to take place.
The 2020 competition was cancelled in March amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Swedish foursome won it in 1974 in Brighton. The track, which topped the UK charts and set them on their way to fame, went on to sell nearly 6m copies.
On Friday, the corporation announced the shortlist for the programme would include Eurovision classics from Verka Serduchka, Loreen, Alexander Rybak, and Netta, as well as Bucks Fizz, Conchita Wurst and adopted-Brit, Gina G.
But it was the Agnetha, Anni-Frid, Benny and Bjorn who ultimately triumphed, with their musical metaphor about the joys of surrendering to love.
posted on 16/5/20
Peter James Armitage MBE (23 October 1939 – 30 November 2018) was an English television and stage actor best known for his role as Bill Webster on long-running soap opera Coronation Street. He was a regular on British screens from the 1970s onwards.
posted on 17/5/20
People have returned to beauty spots in a "manageable" way on the first weekend after lockdown rules in England eased.
The public was urged to "think twice" before heading to beaches and country parks as councils feared a surge in visitors could result in a rise in coronavirus infections.
Peak District bosses said one area was "extremely busy" but the National Trust said people were being "sensible".
In London, hundreds of people gathered to protest against the lockdown.
posted on 17/5/20
NFL players Deandre Baker and Quinton Dunbar turned themselves in to police after being charged with armed robbery in Florida.
New York Giants' cornerback Baker, aged 22, who is also charged with aggravated assault, surrendered on Saturday morning, his lawyer said.
Dunbar, a 27-year-old Seattle Seahawks cornerback, later also turned himself in, Miramar Police confirmed.
posted on 17/5/20
Coronavirus: 'I’m scared of being buried as the wrong gender'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52690931
posted on 17/5/20
Boris Johnson has acknowledged frustration over the "complex" easing of England's coronavirus lockdown.
The PM wrote in the Mail on Sunday that more complicated messages were needed during the next phase of the response and as restrictions changed.
But Mr Johnson said he trusted the "good sense of the British people" to observe the new rules and thanked the public for "sticking with us" so far.
It came as No 10 announced up to £93m to speed-up a new vaccine research lab.
posted on 17/5/20
The 2000 Football League First Division play-off final was an association football match played at Wembley Stadium on 29 May 2000, to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the First Division to the Premiership in the 1999–2000 season. Ipswich Town faced Barnsley in the last domestic competitive fixture to be played at the original Wembley Stadium.
posted on 17/5/20
The match was both team's first appearance in a First Division play-off final. It was the first time Barnsley had been in the play-offs, having been relegated to the First Division after the 1997–98 season, and finishing mid-table the following season. Ipswich made the play-offs for the fourth consecutive season, but this was the first time they had advanced further than the semi-finals. Watched by a crowd of more than 73,000, Ipswich Town came from behind to win 4–2 and secured promotion to the Premiership.
posted on 17/5/20
The following season, Ipswich finished fifth in the 2000–01 FA Premier League, qualifying for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup, and went out of the 2000–01 Football League Cup at the semi-final stage. George Burley was recognised as the Premier League Manager of the Season, the first recipient of the award for 26 years who had not won the league. Barnsley ended their subsequent season 16th in the First Division.
posted on 17/5/20
Friends Provident was an organisation offering life insurance based in the United Kingdom. It was founded as a mutual Friendly Society for Quakers, although it was demutualised in 2001 and became a publicly listed company, no longer linked with the Religious Society of Friends. On 29 March 2011 Friends Provident changed its trading name to Friends Life, although its registered name remains as Friends Provident.
posted on 17/5/20
In 2018, it merged into its parent company Aviva. It is now part of the Aviva group.
posted on 17/5/20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql1QIqS_pq0
posted on 17/5/20
Former Manchester United and Scotland midfielder Darren Fletcher says he would be hesitant about returning to football during the current pandemic because of his high-risk condition.
The 36-year-old was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2011.
Fletcher, who left Stoke City at the end of last season, says he would be particularly vulnerable to the virus.
"With my illness I would be one of those players that is a high risk," he told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound.
"I'd be very concerned about that, but at the same time I love playing."
posted on 17/5/20
Vincent Kompany says Manchester United "threw away" the title in 2012, giving up an eight-point lead, as his Manchester City side team won their first of four Premier League titles through Sergio Aguero's dramatic stoppage-time winner against QPR on the final day.
posted on 17/5/20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7drvhZwPcs
posted on 17/5/20
Tributes have been paid to Ann Mitchell - one of the last of a World War Two code-breaking team at Bletchley Park - who has died aged 97.
Mrs Mitchell, who deciphered German codes at the British code-breaking centre from 1943, died at an Edinburgh care home on Monday.
Her family and friends said she had been declining in health for some years and had "a life well lived".
The Scotsman reported she had tested positive for Covid-19 recently.
Her son Andy Mitchell, 61, told BBC Scotland: "She was a loving mother and it's very sad but she was declining in old age with memory loss and physical frailties.
"I'm pleased she has been given the recognition for a life well lived."
posted on 17/5/20
Coordinates: 45.578567°N 79.632553°W Spence is a ghost town in the Canadian province of Ontario, at the crossroads of the Nipissing Colonization Road and the Ryerson Road (now Nelson Lake Road). The name of the village came from Spence Township, named for former Postmaster General, Robert Spence. Approximately 10 km north of Dufferin Bridge it was a small farming community.
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